Bride and Prejudice vs. Pride and Prejudice

I watched Bride and Prejudice this past weekend. It was a cute adaptation of Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice and a nice way to explore Indian marital customs and cultural clashes with the western world. Aishwarya Rai played the role of Elizabeth quite well and she is so stunningly beautiful. Martin Henderson was also a good choice for Mr. Darcy who was transformed into a Wealthy American in this film. This film was a musical and they had everything from Punjabi bhangra numbers, Mexican ballads to a full gospel choir. It definitely added to the colorfulness of the film. I saw the adaptation of Pride and Prejudice with Keira Knightley and Matthew MacFayden a few months ago, and have to say that in terms of acting, it is a higher quality version, but it lacks the color, music and humor of Bride, but both are wonderful in the different choices they make to tell the same story.